UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 (IPS) - When the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) concluded last week, some of the overwhelming success stories highlighted at a two-day interactive session came both from developing and developed countries, including India, Brazil, China, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Italy, France and the United States.

BRUSSELS, Nov 26 (IPS) - One hundred and ninety million – that's more than the populations of Germany, France and Poland combined. It is also the number of children affected by vitamin A deficiency around the world.

VALPARAÍSO, Chile, Nov 26 (IPS) - The hunger suffered by 49 million people in Latin America could be eradicated by 2025, according to Spanish agricultural engineer Ricardo Rapallo.

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 26 (IPS) - When HIV/AIDS first emerged in the 1980s, the stereotypical image of a person living with the disease in the United States was a young or middle-aged white homosexual male.

NEW YORK, Nov 26 (IPS) - I have never read a book quite like this. "Becoming Enemies" is the latest product of the indispensable National Security Archive, the Washington non-profit that has given new meaning to the Freedom of Information Act.

, Nov 26 (IPS) - As regional delegates meet to discuss a legally binding ban on the use of mercury this week, Guyanese officials are arguing that an exception should be made for the South American country's lucrative gold mining sector until an acceptable alternative is found.

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 26 (IPS) - A wide-ranging reform of Argentina's civil code is looking to replace traditional concepts of parental authority and control with one of parental responsibility, while expressly prohibiting corporal punishment for children and adolescents.

DOHA, Nov 26 (IPS) - The upcoming United Nations climate talks may have a renewed sense of urgency with a new World Bank report warning that the planet is on a dangerous path to four degrees Celsius of global warming by 2100.

DOHA, Qatar, Nov 26 (IPS) - Extreme weather disasters, including floods and droughts intensified by climate change, have totalled many billions of dollars in damages this year.

BUKAVU, DR Congo, Nov 26 (IPS) - Humanitarian agencies working in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been overwhelmed following a massive displacement triggered by fighting between the Congolese army (FARDC) and rebel movement M23 in North Kivu.